The ERC at ESOF 2020
WEDNESDAY 2 SEPTEMBER
12:00 – 13:30 | CRISPR: What’s Next?
Virtual Room 3
Moderated by Ino AGRAFIOTI and Konstantina TOPOURIDOU, ERC
ERC grantees:
- Frank BUCHHOLZ, Technical University of Dresden
- Martin JINEK, University of Zurich
- Mark SZCZELKUN, University of Bristol
- John VAN DER OOST, Wageningen University
12:00 – 13:30 | Sharing Is Caring? Can Local Practice Turn Into Transformative Change In A Collaborative Economy? Insights On Innovative Practices, Sustainability Potentials And Governance Implications
Virtual Room 1
Moderated by Annekathrin JAEGER and Ines PIO, ERC
ERC grantees:
- Anna DAVIES, Trinity College Dublin
- Cristina GRASSENI, University of Leiden
- Oksana MONT, Lund University
THURSDAY 3 SEPTEMBER
08:30 - 10:00 | Frontier Research in Europe: Reflecting On The Past, Looking To The Future
Auditorium 28A
Moderated by Clive COOKSON, Financial Times
Watch the recorded session
Former and current ERC leaders:
- Jean-Pierre BOURGUIGNON, ERC President
- Helga NOWOTNY, former ERC President
- Fabio ZWIRNER, Vice-President of the ERC
ERC grantees:
- Anna DAVIES, Trinity College Dublin
- Iva TOLIC, Ruđer Bošković Institute Zagreb
12:00 - 13:30 | The Future Of Neurotechnologies: Benefits, Challenges And Social Implications
Virtual Room 1
Moderated by Pilar LACRUZ, ERC
ERC grantees:
- Antonia HAMILTON, University College London (UCL)
- Sid KOUIDER, École Normale Supérieure (Paris)
- Surjo SOEKADAR, Charité - University Medicine Berlin
14:30 - 16:00 | The Future Of Life: Synthetic Living Cells?
Virtual Room 1
Moderated by Janne SALO and Maria SIOMOS, ERC
ERC grantees:
- Aletta Maria (Marileen) DOGTEROM, Delft University of Technology
- Ulrich KEYSER, University of Cambridge
- Hannes MUTSCHLER, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry
FRIDAY 4 SEPTEMBER
08:30 - 10:00 | Turning Contemporary Cities Into Smart, Interactive And Safe Urban Living
Virtual Room 3
Moderated by Anna MIGNANI, ERC
ERC grantees:
- Carlos CANUDAS DE WIT, CNRS, GIPSA lab and Grenoble Traffic Lab
- Jennifer GABRYS, University of Cambridge
- Marios POLYCARPOU, University of Cyprus and KIOS Research and Innovation Center of Excellence
10:15 - 11:45 | Anti-Cancer Immune Response "A La Carte": Recent Advances And Future Developments Of Immunotherapy
Virtual Room 2
Moderated by Nadia EL MJIYAD and Silvia Ines NICOLAU-SOLANO, ERC
ERC grantees:
- Bruno CORREIA, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
- Vered PADLER-KARAVANI, Tel Aviv University
- Martijn VERDOES, Radboud University Nijmegen
12:00 - 13:30 | Will I Walk Again? How Next Generation Artificial Limbs Are Shaping The Future Of Medicine
Virtual Room 2
Moderated by Telma CARVALHO, Nadia EL MJIYAD and Monica FAVARO, ERC
ERC grantees:
- Oskar ASZMANN, University of Vienna
- Antonio BICCHI, Italian Institute of Technology
- Dario FARINA, Imperial College London
12:00 - 13:30 | Women In Science: Is It All Fair In Meritocracy?
Virtual Room 1
Moderated by Barbara ROMANOWICZ, Collège de France, Paris and University of California, Berkeley, ERC Scientific Council
Speakers:
- Carmen CASTRO, University of Valencia and SinGENEROdeDUDAS
- Jadranka GVOZDANOVIC, Heidelberg University
- Mathias W. NIELSEN, University of Copenhagen
- Robert-Jan SMITS, President of the Executive Board, Eindhoven University of Technology
18:00 - 19:30 | The EU & You: European Research Funding And Career Development
Virtual Room 3
Speakers:
- Valentina CAUDA, ERC grantee
- Angela LIBERATORE, ERC
- Christopher REYNOLDS, Research Executive Agency (REA)
SATURDAY 5 SEPTEMBER
10:15 - 11:45 | Re-Thinking Vaccines
Virtual Room 2
Moderated by Klelia SALPEA and Giovanni TORRISI, ERC
Full open access real time session on ESOF Youtube channel
ERC grantees:
- Rino RAPPUOLI, Fondazione Toscana Life Sciences
- Jason REIFLER, University of Exeter
- Christine STABELL BENN, University of Southern Denmark
Other speakers:
- Barbara GALLAVOTTI, Science journalist
- Serena ZACCHIGNA, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), Italy
14:30 - 16:00 | Ground-Breaking Research On When The Ground Shakes: Advancements On Earthquakes
Virtual Room 1
Moderated by David Gallego Torres, ERC, and Barbara ROMANOWICZ, Collège de France, Paris, and University of California, Berkeley, ERC Scientific Council
ERC grantees:
- Massimo COCCO, National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
- Domenico GIARDINI, ETH Zurich
- Marc-André GUTSCHER, Université de Bretagne Occidentale
- Marie VIOLAY, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
16:15 - 17:45 | Artificial Intelligence: A Blessing Or A Threat For Society?
Virtual Room 2
Moderated by Giovanni FELICI and Mikaela POULYMENOPOULOU, ERC
ERC grantees:
- Jan BROERSEN, University of Utrecht
- Fosca GIANNOTTI, CNR National Research Council - ISTI
- Bjorn SCHULLER, University of Augsburg
Other speakers:
- Konstantinos DASKALAKIS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology